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हलुका

Old Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-us
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš
    Sanskrit लघु (laghu)
    Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu)der.
    Old Hindi हलुका (halukā)

    Inherited from Prakrit *हलुक्क- (halukka-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from *हलु- (halu-) + -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from—undergoing metathesis—लहु (lahu, “light, small”). Cognate with Nepali हलुको (haluko), Bengali হালকা (haloka). Related to Old Hindi लहु (lahu, “light, small”).[1]

    Adjective

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    हलुका (halukā) [2][3]

    1. light (in weight)

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    References

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    1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 562
    2. ^ Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “हलुका”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 2181, column 2.
    3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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